G        Bm/F#        Em        G/D
C        G/B          Dsus4     D

[Verse 1]
G Bm/F#       Em              G/D     C        Am      G         G
    My father always promised us that we would live in France,
G Bm/F#      Em          G/D   C       Am             D         D
  we'd go boating on the Seine   and I would learn to dance.
Em G/D            A/C#      A D F#m/C#      Bm       D/A
     We lived in Ohio then,       he worked   in the   mines,
Dm                   G                C    Bb   G
  on his dreams like boats we knew we sail   in time.

[Interlude]
C        G/B        Am       G
D        D

[Verse 2]
G Bm/F#    Em                G/D  C    Am            G         G
    All my sisters soon were gone   to Denver and Cheyenne,
G Bm/F#          Em      G/D     C       Am           Dsus4      D
  marrying their grownup dreams,   the lilacs and the man.
Em   G/D            A/C#           A      D      F#m/C#  Bm     D/A
   I stayed behind,   the youngest still,   only danced alone,
Dm              G                  C                 Bb        G
  the colors of my father's dreams   faded without a sound.

[Interlude]
C        G/B        Am       G
D        D

[Verse 3]
G Bm/F#   Em      G/D        C             Am        G         G
    And I live in Paris now,   my children dance and dream,
G             Bm/F#     Em      G/D  C Am                     D         D
  hearing the ways of a miner's life   in words they've never seen.
Em  G/D              A/C#  A    D      F#m/C# Bm        D/A
  I sail my memories    of home   like boats across the Seine
Dm                    G         C                        Bb G
  and watch the Paris sun as it sets in my father's eyes      again.

[Interlude]
G    Bm/F#    Em     G/D        C    Am      G    G
G    Bm/F#    Em     G/D        C    Am      D    D
Em   G/D      A/C#   A          D    F#m/C#  Bm   D/A
Dm            G                 C            Bb
G    G        C/G    G          Am/G G       Dus4 D

[Verse 4]
G Bm/F#              Em            G/D C      Am               G       G
    My father always   promised us       that we would live in France,
G Bm/F#           Em     G/D   C     C                 Dsus4         D
  we'd go boating on the Seine   and I would learn to dance.
Em G/D         A/C#        A    D      F#m/C# Bm            D/A
     I sail my memories of home   like boats across the Seine
Dm                    G         C                        Bb G
  and watch the Paris sun as it sets in my father's eyes      again.

[Outro]
C        G/B        Am        G
Dsus4    D